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Chiseled Bookshelf

Chiseled bookshelves are blocks that can hold books, books and quills, written books, enchanted books, and knowledge books.

Chiseled bookshelves can be destroyed with any tool, but an axe mines it the fastest. When broken, all contained books are dropped as items. The block itself drops only when broken using a tool enchanted with Silk Touch.[1]

Chiseled bookshelves cannot be moved by pistons.‌[Java Edition only]

Source: Minecraft Wiki cacheUpdated: 2026-04-29 Open Original

Local game data

Chiseled Bookshelf

Java 1.21.4
Typeitem
Stack64
Durability-
Sections6
Canonical IDitem:chiseled_bookshelf
Minecraft IDminecraft:chiseled_bookshelf
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Local Data Properties

displayNameChiseled Bookshelf
namechiseled_bookshelf
id300
stackSize64